Clothespin



1-. D. LINCOLN AND R. W. RAY;

CLOTHESPIN.

APPLICATION rlusn SEPT.2I, 192:.

1,409,557, Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

L- mm; 21 m If JOE D. LINCOLN AND RUBEN W. BAY, OF DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA.

GLOTHESPIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

To all whom it may concern-t Be it known that Jon D. LINCOLN and RUBEN W. RAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Drumright, in the county of Greek and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothespins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes pins and has for its object the production of a simple and efficient clothes pin, which will efiiciently secure clothes to a clothes line and prevent the same from being accidentally detached therefrom.

Another object of the invention, is the production of a clamping clothes pin which may be easily attached to or easily detached from a clothes line.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be fully described and claimed in the following.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the clothes pin in an open position.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the pin, in a partly clamped position.

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

By referring to the drawings by numerals, it will be seen that the clothes pin comprises a primary section 1 and a clamping section 2. Each section is provided with a flat inner face 3 having registering notches 4 formed therein intermediate the ends thereof. The rimary section 1 is provided with a beveled end 5, which constitutes a stop for the clamping section 2, when the clamping section 2 1S swung to an open position. A staple 6 is secured to the inner face of the primary section 1 and a staple 7 is secured to the in er face of the clampin section 2, the staple 6 interlocking with the stable 7 and constituting a hinge connection between the two sections of the pin.

An enlarged staple 8 is secured to the inner face 0 the primary section 1, intermediate of the notch 4 and the staple 6, and this staple 8 passes through the apertures 9 formed in the clamping section 2. An eccentric or cam wheel 10, is journaled upon the bridge portion of the staple 8 as indicated at 11, and a handle 12 is secured to the cam wheel, to facilitate the operation thereof.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the clothes pin is forced over the top of a clothes line until the notches 4 engage the clothes 13, and the handle 12 is then forced downwardly, thereby forcing the cam Wheel against the clampin section 2 and clamping the clothes 13 rmly upon the clothes line 14. It will be understood that the pin may be readily detached from the clothes line by swinging the handle 12 upwardly. It will also be apparent from the above description and the'drawing, that a very simple clothes pin has been produced, which may be very cheaply constructed and easily operated. As shown in Figure 2, the inner face of each section of the clothes pin is cut away, as indicated at 15, to permit the free swinging movement of the sections with respect to each other.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

A clothes pin of the class described comprising a pair of sections, interlocking staples engaging the respective sections and constituting a hinge for the sections, a clamp supporting staple carried by one section and passing through the other section, a clam ing cam carried by said last mentioned stap e, a handle for operating the cam, and said sections provided with registering notches for receiving a clothes line and facilitating the clamping of the clothes pin thereon.

In testimony whereof they affix their signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOE D. '3; LINCOLN.

l k RUBEN w. RAY.

Witnesses:

TILL G. LINCOLN, MARIoN E. RAY. 

